This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/1202 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on Jonathan Gross who emigrated from Germany to Maryland. He was one of the first settlers to Middletown around 1720. He purchase a farm near Jefferson and lived there until his death. According to the book " History of Frederick County Maryland" he was the father of Henry Gross and Elizabeth Cost.